Yamaha model line
GP1200R
The Yamaha GP1200R is recorded for three consecutive model years, 2000 to 2002. Every GP1200R year on record is a carburetted two-stroke, with the engine recorded as 1131.
At a glance
- Years made
- 2000 to 2002
- Engine, as the records hold it
- 1131
- Strokes
- Two-stroke
- Fuel system
- Carburettor
- Hull type
- Sit-down
- Model years on record
- 3
- Checked
- None of the three GP1200R model years verified, which needs a check against the maker's own document, which the row names, and an engine figure; all three name a source below.
Some Yamaha numbers are measured sizes rather than the number in the model name: a GP760 is held as 753, a GP1200R as 1131, a GP1300R as 1296. None of these figures has been checked against a Yamaha document unless a cited source states it.
Not your year? For other years under names that start GP1200: GP1200, 1997 to 2000.
The Yamaha GP1200R from 2000 to 2002, one square for each model year, a decade to a row; follow a square to its row.
How we know: The 3 GP1200R rows in the year table, with each row's grade and the engine cells it prints in bold.
Year by year
| Model year | Engine, as the records hold it | Fuel system | Strokes | Hull type | What the record says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1131 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | Yamaha's own histories date the GP1200R to 2000: Yamaha Japan's 2000 list carries MJ-GP1200R, and the global history says the GP1200R debuted that year. ⚑ The US dealer listing for 2000 names code GP1200AY "GP1200" and first names a GP1200R in 2001 (code GP1200AZ); YPEC, the Canadian edition, also first lists the GP1200R in 2001. The 2000 and 2001 codes share the GP1200A series, which reads as one machine under an older name in 2000; that is read from the codes, not stated. | Source 1 |
| 2001 | 1131 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | Yamaha's own parts catalogue for Canada lists this machine for 2001 under the model name "GP1200R". | Source 2 |
| 2002 | 1131 | Carburettor | Two-stroke | Sit-down | Yamaha's own parts catalogue for Canada lists this machine for 2002 under the model name "GP1200R". | Source 2 |
Sources
- Yamaha Motor Co. Japan, marine products history 2000 to 2009, yamaha-motor.co.jp (2000: "MJ-GP1200R") ; Yamaha Motor Co., global WaveRunner history, global.yamaha-motor.com (2000: "The GP1200R debuted with a 155 hp engine and newly designed hull and body") ; Partzilla OEM parts catalogue, Yamaha WaveRunner 2000 model index, listing "GP1200 - GP1200AY", partzilla.com; Partzilla OEM parts catalogue, Yamaha WaveRunner 2001 model index, listing "GP1200R - GP1200AZ", partzilla.com ; Partzilla and the Yamaha Japan pages retrieved 2026-09-21; the global history retrieved 2026-09-09. (model year 2000)
- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Parts Catalogue (YPEC), Canada edition, Water Vehicle, model "GP1200R", model years (2001 to 2002), ypec-sss.yamaha-motor.co.jp reached through yamaha-motor.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20. (model years 2001 to 2002)
Related
On the Yamaha model timeline
The timeline dates the GP1200R by release year, which can sit a year from its model years here.
In Yamaha News
Other Yamaha models whose names start GP1200
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“Yamaha GP1200R”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/reference/yamaha/gp1200r/
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